This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. When the data speaks for itself (I’m back! Let’s just say that working from home full-time with an infant and no childcare is not for the faint of heart. I’m hoping to share with you more regularly throughout the summer and beyond.) As […]
Carrying an Equitable Innovation Network Forward
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at medium.com/innovationnetwork. Photo by Dom J This blog post is part of a series of posts about Innovation Network’s transformation towards equity. The work of equity starts with our own internal work, and by now you have read about our transformation towards equity and new values that […]
How to create logic models and theory of change using MURAL [Guest post by Anne Heberger Marino]
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Today’s post was written by Anne Heberger Marino who is the founder of Lean-To Collaborations. You can learn more about Anne’s work by visiting her website or by following her on Twitter (@LeanToCollabs). When Chris shared his Canva redesigns of a logic model […]
Comment on Evaluation is Not Applied Research by Quinn Mitchell
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Dr. Wazer, Thank you for your blog and for your interview with Dr. Pann on YouTube regarding your research; I found it very interesting. I am also a grad student at ASU studying Learning Design and Technology. Like Kerry, I found the hourglass […]
Comment on Evaluation is Not Applied Research by Dana Wanzer
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com In reply to Kerry Keating. Lovely question, Kerry! I didn’t probe too much into epistemologies or ontologies underlying these definitions, but I can imagine you have something there with your question. I would bet that post-positivists would be more aligned with the “evaluation […]
Comment on Evaluation is Not Applied Research by Kerry Keating
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Hello Dr. Wanzer, I am a Master’s in Education student currently studying the difference between research and evaluation. I had always struggled grasping the differences in the two, and felt they were just carbon copies of each other, just under different names. This […]
Thinking Frameworks
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. You might have heard or read about concepts like Systems Thinking and Design Thinking (both with and without capital letters) and asked yourself: what do they mean? We see both of these are frameworks for thinking about problems. It’s somewhat confusing, but both […]
Stop multitasking your report writing.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. So I have to admit something. I am HORRIBLE at multitasking. For example, I can’t look something up on my phone while having a conversation. I can’t cook dinner while putting together a grocery list. “How about listen to your wife while doing […]
Comment on Dissertation RQ3: How do researchers and evaluators differ in use, interpersonal factors, and research/evaluation factors? by Cristina
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at danawanzer.com Hello Dr. Wanzer. I hope all is well. I came across your website through a YouTube video on research and evaluation on James Pann’s Channel. I am currently a graduate student at ASU and working on a class discussion project that prompted us […]
Change Takes Time: How to Practice Patience in Report Redesign Processes
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. This guest post comes from Abby Henderson. Abby Henderson, MS, is a Project Manager at Veris Insights. Abby got her Master’s in Program Evaluation and Data Analytics from ASU in 2019, while working at the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy within the […]